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AGORIA TOP 3 CLUBS
1. Panorama Bar “The only club you can play eating an ice cream.”
2. Trouw “I will always remember my pitch-black night there. I played all night long in the total darkness with absolutely no lights in the whole club. Just music.”
3. Rex Club “Because they are celebrating their 25th birthday this year. During all this time they never compromised on their artistic direction.”
BELIEVE it or not, Beta (Denver) was the first club in North America to house a Funktion One Dance Stack Array system AND is the only one in the world with a 100% green policy. Its schedule is a full bag of chips too, mixing up trance and progressive on Thursdays, d&b and dubstep on Fridays and techno/tech house/straight-up house on Saturday. Hardly a surprise, given it’s the not-so-prodigal son of Beatport founder Brad Roulier. Accepted by most as the best club in Denver, this charitable bunch also recently hosted a fundraiser in aid of the Aurora Victims Relief Fund, with the likes of Funkagenda, Chris Lake and Sydney Blu.
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SANKEYS IBIZA PLAYA D’EN BOSSA, IBIZA CAPACITY: 1500
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BETA NIGHTCLUB DENVER, CO, USA CAPACITY: 950
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SPYBAR CHICAGO, IL, USA CAPACITY: 300
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NOTonly underground in music policy, Chicago’s Spybar sits a floor below street level, its stripped back décor — all exposed bricks, low ceilings and wooden floors — given a modern touch with a flurry of jet-black tables and sleek seating. As with all venues, though, what comes out the soundsystem is most important, especially in a city as steeped in clubbing heritage as Chicago. Spybar doesn’t disappoint, hence its inclusion in this poll once again. Keeping up with tradition with an up-to-date twist, Loco Dice, Marco Carola and Maceo Plex are just a few to man the Dynacord Alpha system in recent months, making this clandestine number one you should certainly spy out.
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“THINK the Haçienda meets the Amnesia terrace,” David Vincent tells DJ Mag when asked about the Ibizan wing of 19-year-old Manc institution Sankeys. He’s talking about the club’s third room, The Lab (formerly The Box), a whitewashed terrace with “a classic Balearic vibe”, to be reconfigured and fitted with a brand-new soundsystem this season. It’s not the only aspect of the club to change during its two-year lifetime. Existing pretty much as a work-in-progress since opening in 2011, it shook off a tricky opening season before finding its stride. Last summer saw it embrace Solomun’s Diynamic Neon Nights residency, while Carnival and ViVa Warriors really came into their own. With Dirtybird, Hypercolour, Fuse and Flying Circus joining the ranks this year, 2013 is set to see Sankeys Ibiza progress even further.
LAUNCHED by Laurent Garnier in 1992, The Rex’s reputation has remained as strong as the man who made it. Continuing to bat for the Parisian house and techno scene, the club’s success can be attributed to its family of revered residents — Jennifer Cardini, Dyed Soundorom and D’Julz — and its refusal to book anyone but the finest names in house and techno. In the past month, Jordan Peak, Tobi Neumann, Sammy Dee and Function all dominated this sweat box, while Kevin Saunderson, Kyle Hall and Yakine celebrated 25 years of the club with a Motor City special on 23rd March.
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REX CLUB PARIS, FRANCE CAPACITY: 600
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CIELO NEW YORK, NY, USA CAPACITY: 350
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IT was with swagger that Cielo celebrated 10 years this February, doffing its cap to a decade in the city that once stood as the US’s No.1 clubbing spot. With a (second) licensing crackdown and a US dance music renaissance since its birth, Nicolas Matar’s recently renovated high-end spot still stands in New York’s Meatpacking District despite an onslaught of list-and-bottle r&b bars in recent years. Taking its name from the room at Pacha (El Cielo) where its maker made his name as a resident 20 years ago, Cielo has stayed true to its role as a bona fide spot for original house and disco music. Francois K’s Deep Space party reigns on, as does Paradizo with Willie Graff, while there’s fresh blood in the form of Dance.
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